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Recent Examples of invisibly
Healthcare’s next era will likely be defined by infrastructures that mirror those in fintech or logistics, systems that operate invisibly beneath the surface while enabling every stakeholder to move with confidence.
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Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 8 Feb. 2026
The most subtle tribute of all is Ferdinand Piëch’s date of birth, April 1937, almost invisibly etched into the driver’s knee rest.
—New Atlas, 6 Feb. 2026
But in the invisibly sculpting hands of Swiss director Petra Volpe and the exquisite performances of two first-rate actors, Kingsley Ben-Adir and Rob Morgan, Frank & Louis is an uncommonly tender incarceration drama.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 30 Jan. 2026
However, a much more significant threat is quietly and invisibly building in the ground.
—Dinesh Phuyal, The Conversation, 26 Jan. 2026
Eilean Shona is a tidal island, physically (though usually invisibly) attached to the mainland, to the Rough Bounds.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Jan. 2026
It’s built slowly, deliberately, and often invisibly—one conversation at a time, one decision at a time, one moment of transparency at a time.
—Veta T. Richardson, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
By then, most of the pool players were being priced out of the neighborhood, invisibly forced to vacate the premises to let in a new generation.
—Francesco Pacifico, The Dial, 9 Dec. 2025
This year’s best movies feel plugged in, inextricably connected to forces bigger than the ordinary faces of local and private authority—and confrontationally so, with a sense of danger and urgency amid forms of pressure that are all the more terrifying for acting invisibly and inexorably.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2025
Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 8 Feb. 2026
The most subtle tribute of all is Ferdinand Piëch’s date of birth, April 1937, almost invisibly etched into the driver’s knee rest.
—New Atlas, 6 Feb. 2026
But in the invisibly sculpting hands of Swiss director Petra Volpe and the exquisite performances of two first-rate actors, Kingsley Ben-Adir and Rob Morgan, Frank & Louis is an uncommonly tender incarceration drama.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 30 Jan. 2026
However, a much more significant threat is quietly and invisibly building in the ground.
—Dinesh Phuyal, The Conversation, 26 Jan. 2026
Eilean Shona is a tidal island, physically (though usually invisibly) attached to the mainland, to the Rough Bounds.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Jan. 2026
It’s built slowly, deliberately, and often invisibly—one conversation at a time, one decision at a time, one moment of transparency at a time.
—Veta T. Richardson, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
By then, most of the pool players were being priced out of the neighborhood, invisibly forced to vacate the premises to let in a new generation.
—Francesco Pacifico, The Dial, 9 Dec. 2025
This year’s best movies feel plugged in, inextricably connected to forces bigger than the ordinary faces of local and private authority—and confrontationally so, with a sense of danger and urgency amid forms of pressure that are all the more terrifying for acting invisibly and inexorably.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for invisibly
Adverb
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Sunbeams through the windows illuminate floating dust motes—and, imperceptibly, microdroplets of mucus carrying the measles virus, expelled from an infected but asymptomatic child who is hopping and laughing among the others.—
Elizabeth Bruenig,
The Atlantic,
12 Feb. 2026
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In Dmitry Kireev’s lab at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, researchers are developing imperceptibly thin graphene tattoos capable of monitoring your vital signs and more.—
Perri Thaler,
IEEE Spectrum,
21 Dec. 2025
Adverb
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Williams knows how to humanize this bare-bones vocabulary, minutely adjusting the voicing of a chord or caressing the last of a set of recurring motifs with a regretful ritardando.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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When the mask slipped or seemed to slip in the breakup video, however minutely, their counterparts — gay shitposters — pissed through the gap.—
Paul McAdory,
Them.,
9 Dec. 2025
Adverb
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When looked at microscopically, there were patterns that suggested the possibility of life on Mars at one time.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Jan. 2026
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Corintis The simulation and optimization software developed by Corintis is used to design a network of microscopically small channels on cold plates.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
17 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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Her neighbors live within easy walking distance but their homes are barely visible, one to the next, because of folds in the hills and the density of trees and cacti.—
Paige Williams,
New Yorker,
14 Feb. 2026
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Most notable is the addition of an interchangeable dual-lace wrap, which sweeps from the barely there midsole and finishes with a bow atop the standard shoelaces.—
Riley Jones,
Footwear News,
13 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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These results suggest that ingestible bioimpedance capsules could one day give clinicians a direct, minimally invasive window into gut-barrier function and inflammation.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
18 Feb. 2026
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Renal denervation is a minimally invasive therapy that reduces overactive sympathetic nerve activity around the renal arteries.—
MemorialCare,
Oc Register,
16 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Each loop is then placed in an infinitesimally tiny well in a microchip, which can have 25 million of those wells.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
2 Oct. 2025
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These ultra-sensitive sensors can detect infinitesimally small traces of magnetic and gravitational signals from within the earth.—
Paul Smith-Goodson,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Invisibly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/invisibly. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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